Washing-machine



(No Model.) J. R. WELPTON.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 388,606. Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. WELPTON, or RED OAK, IOWA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,606, dated August28, 1888.

Application filed November 26, 1887. Serial No. 256,262. (No model.)

To all whom ibmay concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN It. VVELPTON, of Red Oak, in the county ofltlontgomery and State of Iowa, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in \Vashing-lliachincs, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improved wash ing-machine in which theclothes to be washed are placed in a tubular washing-wheel and the wheelrevolved in a tub or boiler, so that the water and steam will be forcedthrough the clothes and thoroughly cleanse them.

The object of my invention is to provide a washing-machine which willthoroughly wash the clothes without injury, which will wash differentkinds of clothes at the same time separately and in the same water, andwhich will drain the water from the washed clothes.

The invention consists of a tubular washingwheel provided with aseriesof compartments, each having openings for the admission and escapeof the water and steam.

The invention also consists ofatubular washing-wheel provided with aseries of compart ments closed by doors and having outer and inneropenings for inlet and exit of steam and water, the said Openings beingcovered by guards.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionon line :0 x of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of amodification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents a boiler, which can beof anyrdesired shape. Inthe drawings it is shown'made of twosemicircular sections, a a, the sectioua having its lower portionflattened to adaptit to rest upon a stove or other suitable support.

In the boiler A is journaled the tubular wheel B, one of the journals ofthe said wheel projecting beyond the sides of the boiler and fitted witha crank-handle, I), by which the wheel is revolved. The tubular wheelcan be square in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2, or round, as in Fig.3. To the sides of the tubular Wheel and over the central opening, 1),

thereof are secured the spiders b", in which the journals 1) aresecured.

The wheel B is provided with a series 0 clothes receptacles orcompartments, Cl, closed by doors D. The partitions c, separating thecompartments, are inclined, as shown, to permit the ready removal of theclothes and the draining of the water from the said compartments. Thedoors D to the compartments are hinged to the wheel B, and are providedwith hooks d, engaging eyes (1 on the wheel, for holding them closed.Instead of the hooks and eyes, any other suitable fastening may beemployed.

The free ends of the doors D are provided with a series of op nings, d,and on the inside of the doors over the openings are placed the guards(1. These guards consist of a series of bent wires having their endssecured to the door over the said openings to prevent the clothes fromclosing the same. On the inside of the doors at their hinged ends aresecured the bridges (1, which prevent the water from escaping at thehinged ends, and also serve to guide the clothes over the joint.

Each compartment 0 is provided with a series of holes, in its bottom,and over the holes on the inside of the compartment is placed the guard0*, which is composed of wires or rods and serves the same purpose asthe guards d on the doors.

In the opening I) of the wheel and around the holes 0 in thecompartments Care arranged the water-guards E, and over the said guardsthe shields F are secured. These guards and shields prevent the waterpassing out of the compartments through the holes 0 during therevolution of the wheel from running down and into the openings or holesin the other compartments. The water passing through the said openingsis guided onto the shields by the guards, and from thence flows out toeach side and down into the boiler. The guards also prevent any waterremaining on the shields from passing back into the tubular wheel.

To look the wheel stationary while removing the clothes from any one ofthe compartments, I pivot a hook, G, on the boiler and mount a notchedwheel, H, on one of the journals of the wheel, so that when the hook isturned into engagement with the notched wheel the tubular wheel will beheld stationary.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. A tubular washing-wheel having a central transverse opening and aseries of compartments arranged around said opening and communicatingtherewith, substantially as described, whereby provision is made forallowing the water in the compartments to flow into the central openingand from thence out through the ends thereof into the receptacle inwhich the wheel is mounted, as set forth.

2. A tubular washing-wheel having a central transverse opening andprovided with a series of compartments arranged around the said opening,each compartment being provided with an apertured door and with anaperture in its bottom opening into the central transverse opening ofthe wheel, substantially as-herein shown and described.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination, with a tubular Wheel having acentral transverse aperture and provided with a series of compartmentshaving apertures in their bottoms, of doors for closing the saidcompartments provided with apertures, guards over the apertures in thecompartments and doors, and bridges at the hinged ends of the doors,substantially as described.

4. In a washing-machine, the combination, with a tubular Wheel having acentral transverse opening and provided with a series of compartmentshaving openings in their bot toms and closed by doors, of shields F,secured within the transverse aperture of the wheel over the openings inthe bottoms of the compartments thereof, substantially as herein shownand described.

5. In a washing-machine, the combination, with a tubular wheel having acentral opening, 1), and a series of apertured compartments, 0, of theguards E and the shields F, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

6. The herein-described tubular washingwheel, consisting of the tubularwheel B, having the central transverse opening, I), and (ii vided intocompartments 0 by the inclined partitions c, the said compartmentshaving apertures in their bottoms, the apertured and hinged doors D, forclosing the said compartments, guards c and (I over the openings in thecompartments and doors, respectively, the guards E around the openingsin the central opening, I), and the shields F over the guards E, asspecified.

JOHN R. \VELPTON.

Witnesses:

It. W. Benson, J. S. Coon.

